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[chickadoodles]

' Morning.

I woke up at 5:00 this morning from having a nightmare. I was dreaming that my 16 year old son was getting married. I mean like, getting dressed and ready to go to the wedding. I had known nothing about it previously and was in a panic. He was putting on a sweater under a sports jacket (no prior arrangements for clothing) I kept saying, "You're not really getting married?" He would just say, "Yes, mam." DH was driving him, and didn't seem opposed to it. They had no plans for how they were going to live except that they were going to split up staying over at each other's houses until they got out of high school and could get jobs. They were having the wedding in a funeral home and KFC for the reception.

I hate nightmares like that.

 

[Wisher1000]

I always have vivid dreams and they rarely bother me upon waking. I hope I don't have any more like that one. I'll take not dressed for work, Bigfoot, and aliens (my usual "bad dreams') any day! Oh, there's also the one where the bullets dribble out of the end of the gun when I try to shoot a bad guy.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Whooot!!!! COngrats on a perfect hatch. Good luck on the nex tones too!

Quote: Boats mountains . . . great photgraphy!!

Quote: 1000-- is this a typo Ron?? Heritage thread talks about 100 being a lot for one strain. Doyou eat 3 chickens aday?? lol

You know how when you have a kid, things change. Before I had him, started wearing a seatbelt, quit smoking, thoughts about it not being just ME and mine, but responsible to someone else besides just ME (kid's in his thirties...so bin a while) and take less risks 'cause if I up and kicked, well it was not me I just harmed...well that sense of responsibility tends to spill over into all sorts of areas. It's like once it's turned ON, you can switch it to OFF.

That and that extra sensitivity for hearing sounds that mean trouble. I use to hate and I mean HATE that song, "Hungry like a Wolf" sung by Duran Duran...I hated the song not for the words or music but because certain parts of it sounded (to me at least) like my kid crying in the distance. HATED that...had to go fix what was upsetting him, so it played real bad on my subconscious...I doubt without having had a kid to take care of, that song would have meant diddly squat to me.

So I am sleeping, it's 4 a.m....I need my sleep, always a BIG day to be done. Sleeping at four in the morning and I snap straight outta a deep sleep in a state of shock, something is terribly wrong!
(snip)
Veg Garden birds...so off I trudge up the hill to see what's up.

Some of the Veg Garden Girls on a nice April day last year...note the Lilac turkey toms on the far left, in the background strutting!​

Yeh, the chorus of chickens is not stopping...I am wondering if one of them has flown up and gotten themselves leg tied, hog tied in a lamp cord...sounds terrible up there. No flicker of fire, so nobody has set the place a light...that's a good thing. Still they are all in an uproar!!

I get closer and don't see any upside down hanging birds, so I say in my loudest concerned voice,

"WHAT?"​

Absolute silence...it was as if they were all waiting for some sensibility to take over and here I come to investigate and one word and they just up and quit. Complete "can hear a pin drop' silence.

(snip)

Ah well, I fell back asleep and only lost 20 minutes...not too bad, not bad if it means the chickens don't stress out for too long.

Nighty, night...

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada

You had my attention til the last word!!

Yup I wear street clothes to bed- usually sweat pants-- just for this reason . . .

' Morning.

I woke up at 5:00 this morning from having a nightmare. I was dreaming that my 16 year old son was getting married. I mean like, getting dressed and ready to go to the wedding. I had known nothing about it previously and was in a panic. He was putting on a sweater under a sports jacket (no prior arrangements for clothing) I kept saying, "You're not really getting married?" He would just say, "Yes, mam." DH was driving him, and didn't seem opposed to it. They had no plans for how they were going to live except that they were going to split up staying over at each other's houses until they got out of high school and could get jobs. They were having the wedding in a funeral home and KFC for the reception.

Oh Wish, THAT is a NIGHTMARE! Not the wedding you had in mind , huh? KFC is the best chicken ever, but not usually standard wedding fare, at least not here. Glad it was only a nightmare.

 

[ronott1]

1000-- is this a typo Ron?? Heritage thread talks about 100 being a lot for one strain. Doyou eat 3 chickens aday?? lol

I am hatching Dorkings and New Heritage Delawares for Kim Consul(aka Capayvalley chick) and a series of eggs for an Egg Farmer in Winters. I currenly have 100 incubating in three incubators. I will be stagger hatching each Friday for a long time to come. I maybe hatching 40 a week, 160 a month so if I hatch for 6 to 7 months, I will hatch over 1000 chicks.

I am also working on my own projects but so far I have only set a couple of dozen for myself. I do not have room for lots of chicks at my place. Most of what I am hatching goes to their owners place within a day of hatching.

See, I get to practice my hatching and not keep the chicks! Genius!

 

[chickadoodles]

I am hatching Dorkings and New Heritage Delawares for Kim Consul(aka Capayvalley chick) and a series of eggs for an Egg Farmer in Winters. I currenly have 100 incubating in three incubators. I will be stagger hatching each Friday for a long time to come. I maybe hatching 40 a week, 160 a month so if I hatch for 6 to 7 months, I will hatch over 1000 chicks.

I am also working on my own projects but so far I have only set a couple of dozen for myself. I do not have room for lots of chicks at my place. Most of what I am hatching goes to their owners place within a day of hatching.

See, I get to practice my hatching and not keep the chicks! Genius!

That's great Ron!

 

[Highcotton]

Quote:
I fully agree. I have been to most of the States and no one has a monopoly on wierdos or other peculiar personality types although the concentrations vary from location to location. My comment on Venice Beach was not meant to be derogatory but it is quite a unique experience. If you have seen the movie "White Men Can't Jump" there is a scene at the beginning of the movie where a guy on roller blades comes flying out of the screen with a florescent greem guitar. He is or was a Venice Beach regular. I have seen him there almost every time I went there.

 

[Highcotton]

Quote:
Thanks It was my birthday on Valentines day. I always welcome a Happy Birthday from a diva.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Ron-- you have the perfect set up for a hatch-a-holic!! lol

 

[ronott1]

Ron-- you have the perfect set up for a hatch-a-holic!! lol

And I get to improve Delawares and SG Dorking!

 

[ozexpat]

Quote: no worries - all is good in state tormenting, the guitarist's name is harry perry. he was born in DC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Perry_(musician)